“Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity.”

Happy New Year 2018!

It’s hard for us to believe that a little over a year ago we sold most of our stuff and moved out of California. As you recall from last year’s update, being so far away from family while in California for 7 years was difficult. As planned, we had a very full year of travel and lots of family time. And we’re so thankful for that! We wish you a very Happy New Year, and we hope our paths cross with you in 2018!

Our year in numbers:

14,265 Road Miles (we won’t scare you with the gas budget numbers!)

30,212 Air Miles (thanks to Matthew’s trip to Spain)

15 states (Ginger has less than 2 yrs to get to Alaska to meet her goal of all 50 states by 50!)

12 times back and forth between family in Alabama and Tennessee

16,025 photos on Ginger’s phone (she may have a problem)

767 videos on Ginger’s phone (seriously, a real problem)

137 sunset photos (much fewer sunrise photos!)

1 case of Shingles for Ginger (ouch!) and severe flu for Matthew (ick!)

327 cups of plain yogurt for Matthew’s breakfast

11 new food allergies discovered for Ginger (it’s much easier to tell you what she CAN eat than what she can’t)